Illinois High School Basketball - Fieldcrest can't hold off Olympia
January 29, 2022: Minonk, IL 61760 The Fieldcrest Knights basketball team (Minonk, IL), was nudged 44-38 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Olympia Spartans (Stanford, IL)
The Spartans now possess a 8-16 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to St. Joseph-Ogden for a Illini Prairie battle on Tuesday, February 1. Olympia will battle a Spartans team coming off a 64-35 non-league loss to Taft (Chicago, IL). The Spartans record now stands at 16-6.
The Knights (4-13) will now prepare for their battle against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (Gibson City, IL). The Falcons come into the Heart of Illinois battle with a 9-13 record. In their last battle, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley was nudged by Salt Fork (Sidell, IL), 64-37, in a non-league battle.